Sentences with phrase «getting paid family leave»
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand faces an uphill battle in getting paid family leave for workers into law.
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«No worker should have to borrow against their own Social Security benefits, which are already too low, to get paid family leave when they need it to take care of a new baby, a sick family member, or themselves.
«I'm hopeful we can still get paid family leave is something we can get done before the end of this legislative session.»
«I will proudly take what's happened here in New York and go to Washington to get paid family leave for everyone,» Cuomo told the enthusiastic crowd.
Not exact matches
Though the number of companies expanding their paid parental leave benefits is rising, Sandberg acknowledged that it's less common for employees to get paid time off to care for sick loved ones, saying that the US needs public policies «that make it easier for people to care for their children and aging parents and for families to mourn and heal after loss.»
While we have yet to get a federal paid family leave law on the books, progress is actually being made at the state level.
Two years ago, consulting company Deloitte said its employees get 16 weeks of paid family care leave.
Some of Clinton's plans include guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave, expanding early childhood education, capping childcare expenses at 10 percent of a household's income, helping the families of children with autism and other special needs get access to more resources and support, and insuring more families through the Affordable Care Act.
I'm not sure what to do but I know of a small church that is being sold and the pastor not only will keep all the proceeds $ 750,000 but a handsome severance pay package and a guaranteed new job at the church making the purchase, this is a pastor that let the congregation die and got the family and friends left over to vote to ok this...
Furthermore, Obama supports paid maternity leave and expansion of programs like the Nurse - Family Partnership, which allows low - income mothers to get one - on - one support from trained nurses.
New fathers, by contrast, get one month (unpaid) parental leave; and just two weeks» (very low paid) paternity leave, which most, as their family's breadwinners at this time, can not afford to take.
We like to think that the U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) covers all families so that even if a couple does not get paid maternity and paternity leave, they can at least take off some time from work without losing their Leave Act (FMLA) covers all families so that even if a couple does not get paid maternity and paternity leave, they can at least take off some time from work without losing their leave, they can at least take off some time from work without losing their jobs.
The Working Families Party has had a tough time getting many of their key issues, such as paid family and medical leave, across the finish line in the General Assembly but most of the Democrats running for governor this year have come out strongly in favor of those types of progressive policies.
«Andrew is to the left of Sanders on guns, will have done a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave, he's banned fracking — his total transformation from centrist to «a leftist that actually gets things done» will be complete just in time for the beginning of the next presidential cycle,» the source, a prominent Democrat, continued.
Maybe, but probably not, but if you get a higher minimum wage and paid family leave and free college and same - sex marriage and gun control and a fracking ban and the first reversal of harsh Rockefeller - era drug laws in four decades, who cares?
On Monday, after getting the greenlight from the state legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo formally signed two of his most carefully - watched initiatives into law, enacting a statewide $ 15 minimum wage plan and 12 - week paid family leave policy.
«Whether it be raising the minimum wage, getting veterans access to medical cannabis or fighting for paid family leave Senator Savino's record of seeking a progressive future can not be disputed.
Since well before the State of the State address in January when Cuomo made the $ 15 minimum wage and an exceedingly generous paid family leave centerpieces of his forthcoming agenda, I've been getting calls and letters from small - business men and women across upstate anguishing over what this will mean for their thin - margin enterprises.
Get in the vanguard among states with the $ 15 an hour minimum wage; pass a paid family leave that makes any others in the country look like chump change.
«This defendant manipulated and abused taxpayer - subsidized benefits so she could get paid for more than three months of not working, and then compounded her culpability with a forged Family and Medical Leave Act application to protect her job,» said Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott in a news release.
Cuomo also touted heavily in his 2016 speech - and ultimately got approval for - a plan to offer paid family leave that workers themselves would fund - not employers or the state - through voluntary payroll deductions.
The difference: Democrats nationally aspire to liberal goals like a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave while in New York it's actually gotten done.
He championed a $ 15 minimum wage and enacted a 12 - week paid family leave policy; got strict gun control into law; introduced a free (though imperfect) college tuition program for certain students; banned fracking; allocated $ 10 million for a defense fund for immigrants facing deportation; and raised the age for juvenile offenders to 18.
Cuomo also got his second top policy priority: Paid Family Leave, for which New Yorkers will be eligible starting in 2018 after working for six months at a job.
CD: Sure, so as I mentioned, I've been in favor of paid family leave since I got into this race in October.
«Whether it's closing the pay gap, whether it's higher education, whether it's early childhood education, whether it's maternity care, paid family leave, those sorts of issues that might not get sufficient attention or level of importance from male representatives might get more attention if we have women in office,» said Victoria Plotsky, one of the 62, who was elected to the Albany County Legislature.
«The Council is committed to fighting for the diverse needs of the 8.4 million people who call New York City home and I look forward to continuing to work with Governor [Andrew] Cuomo, [Senate] Majority Leader [John] Flanagan, [Assembly] Speaker [Carl] Heastie and state lawmakers to advocate for our top priorities, such as the DREAM Act, a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave, and to make sure that New York City gets its fair share.»
Cuomo allies leapt to the governor's defense this week, saying his record of legalizing same - sex marriage, pushing for stricter gun controls, implementing a system of paid family leave and raising the minimum wage to $ 15 makes him a progressive leader who doesn't just talk, but gets results.
We will accept it if and only if they pay their taxes — rich corporations and individuals - if and only if those firms are paying their employees decently... and we must ensure that as we reform welfare and we cut taxes we protect the hardest working and lowest paid - the retail staff, the cleaners who get up in the small hours or work through the night because they have dreams for what their families can achieve... The aspiring, striving, working people that Labour is leaving behind.
Teacher and petitioner Emily James, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, and Brooklyn City Councilman Mark Treyger talk with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills about the efforts to get the city to provide paid family leave for city public school teachers.
State Senator Marc Panepinto, a Buffalo Democrat, urged his Republican colleagues to get behind a proposal that would fund paid family leave in New York State through a modest payroll deduction of less than a dollar per week.
She says the idea is to establish a national paid family and medical leave insurance program, that would allow anyone who needs time off for a family emergency, to be able to take this time off while still getting paid.
In addition to the abortion rights provision, she says her group will get busy to make sure the other issue in the Women's Equality Act that was left off, paid family leave, is approved next year.
Glick argues that Gov. Andrew Cuomo should step in and flex the political muscle he used to get several progressive proposals — like same - sex marriage, increases in the minimum wage and paid family leave — through the Republican - led Senate.
She advocated doing so by improving higher and early education, raising the minimum wage, strengthening paid family leave and getting money out of politics.
Yes, before your book is written you get paid to write the book and still have money left over to write more books, to save, or even to take your family on vacation somewhere!!
Dean and his family found themselves looking for a way to help these beagles get started in a new life, and also pay tribute to the sweet soul that touched their lives and left them with a hole to fill... thus was born the KC Mainardi Memorial Fund.
I Love Pongola Because if your car breaks down on a long weekend or a Sunday, someone will open their garage and assist in getting it fixed; if you left your postbox keys at home; the Postmaster will assist in collecting your post for you; if you are late in collecting your kids because your hairdo is taking too long, your hairdresser will arrange the lift; if you don't have money in your wallet and pop in at the Wimpy after Church on a Sunday, you can pay for your newspaper the next day; it is such a wonderful community and a healthy way of living with good family principles.
This is more for the folks like me, people with large monthly obligations (student loans, families, mortgages, etc.) that will leave them financially crippled and / or homeless if they don't pay the man every month: you may be able to get by for a few months with zero income, especially if you saved before going solo (you really, really need to save before going solo), but at
For: In the tragic event of a child's death, a life insurance payout could pay for funeral expenses, family counseling and medical bills and provide money for the family to get by if the parents need to take leave from work.
In the tragic event of a child's death, a life insurance payout could pay for funeral expenses, family counseling and medical bills and provide money for the family to get by if the parents need to take leave from work.
With travel insurance that includes trip interruption coverage, Jack's family won't have to pay a higher occupancy rate because he had to leave, and Jack will get reimbursed for the cost of scheduling an earlier flight home.
My fiance is 53 diabetic insulin, dialysis patient, smoker, and lives home, not sure of his live span left, maybe a year or 2or3, but I need some type of final expense or life insurance for him for I would like to have the proper funeral - burial, for him but there isn't much finance, him SSDI, and I work and support our 3 kids, so what would be the best choice for me, being able to afford something that would pay for this and maybe some left to get (US) his family by, without breaking the bank.
I also dealt with all those pesky things we're accustomed to facing — the doubt and fear of our family about «what's this hobby» and «when will you get a real job», needing to pay my bills, and personally fighting against a debilitating chronic pain disease that frequently left me working from my bathtub with a laptop!
In fact, the typical SFR tenant is a family that has just left a foreclosure and can afford to pay the rent on a former foreclosure but could not make the mortgage payment on their old home, perhaps because they bought with alternative financing or purchased at the peak and could not get a modification when their home lost value.
Plus, Florida doesn't have a state law guaranteeing that workers will continue to get paid a share of their wages if they have to leave work to care for family members.